Floor Lamps
2010s North American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Floor Lamps
Crystal
19th Century French Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Floor Lamps
Bronze
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Floor Lamps
Brass, Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Floor Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary German Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Gold Plate
2010s French Other Floor Lamps
Bronze
2010s European Modern Floor Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Floor Lamps
Crystal, Gold Plate, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Floor Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century North American Modern Floor Lamps
Bronze
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
2010s Chinese Floor Lamps
Brass
Early 1800s Italian Empire Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Floor Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Crystal, Brass, Gold
Late 19th Century French Baroque Antique Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Floor Lamps
Brass
19th Century French Antique Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Gold Leaf, Iron
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Travertine, Gold Leaf
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Bronze
20th Century French Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Malachite, Ormolu, Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic, Cotton
1960s French Neoclassical Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
1970s Italian Brutalist Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze, Brass
1940s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Bronze, Metal
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic, Cotton
Late 20th Century German Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
20th Century French Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
19th Century French Renaissance Antique Floor Lamps
Bronze, Ormolu
2010s Italian Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
1970s Danish Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Gold
1920s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Crystal, Bronze
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
2010s American Floor Lamps
Bronze
1940s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
1930s Japanese Vintage Floor Lamps
Bronze, Enamel, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Brass, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary American Floor Lamps
Gold
20th Century French Neoclassical Floor Lamps
Bronze, Ormolu
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Floor Lamps
Cement, Aluminum, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Floor Lamps
Crystal, Marble, Gold Plate, Brass
Antique, New and Vintage Floor Lamps
The modern floor lamp is an evolution of torchères — tall floor candelabras that originated in France as a revolutionary development in lighting homes toward the end of the 17th century. Owing to the advent of electricity and the introduction of new materials as a part of lighting design, floor lamps have taken on new forms and configurations over the years.
In the early 1920s, Art Deco lighting artisans worked with dark woods and modern metals, introducing unique designs that still inspire the look of modern floor lamps developed by contemporary firms such as Luxxu.
Popular mid-century floor lamps include everything from the enchanting fixtures by the Italian lighting artisans at Stilnovo to the distinctly functional Grasshopper floor lamp created by Scandinavian design pioneer Greta Magnusson-Grossman to the Paracarro floor lamp by the Venetian master glass workers at Mazzega. Among the more celebrated names in mid-century lighting design are Milanese innovators Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, who, along with their eldest brother, Livio, worked for their own firm as architects and designers. While Livio departed the practice in 1952, Achille and Pier Giacomo would go on to design the Arco floor lamp, the Toio floor lamp and more for legendary lighting brands such as FLOS.
Today’s upscale interiors frequently integrate the otherworldly custom lighting solutions created by a wealth of contemporary firms and designers such as Spain’s Masquespacio, whose Wink floor lamps integrate gold as well as fabric fringes.
Visual artists and industrial designers have a penchant for floor lamps, possibly because they’re so often a clever marriage of design and the functions of lighting. A good floor lamp can change the mood of any room while adding a touch of elegance to your entire space. Find yours now on 1stDibs.